Former undisputed gentle heavyweight title challenger, Anthony Smith is slated for his retirement outing at UFC Combat Evening Kansas Metropolis on April 26. — reserving a conflict in opposition to Chinese language contender, Mingyang Zhang on the T-Cell Heart in Missouri.
Smith, a former gentle heavyweight title challenger and perennial contender within the division, will enter his self-confirmed retirement outing at UFC Kansas Metropolis in a bid to snap a two-fight shedding skid, most not too long ago capped off by a stoppage loss to fellow ex-championship chaser, Dominick Reyes at UFC 310 again in December.
As for Street to UFC alum, Zhang, the Chinese language gentle heavyweight prospect has to this point loved a two-fight profitable run since his Octagon touchdown, most not too long ago taking house a primary spherical floor strikes knockout win over Ozzy Diaz at UFC Combat Evening Macau final November.
Anthony Smith books retirement battle in opposition to Mingyang Zhang
And not using a victory since Might of final yr, Smith travelled to hostile territory in Brazil, delivering a hugely-impressive first spherical guillotine choke submission win over Vitor Petrino at UFC 301, locking up a guillotine choke stoppage inside two minutes.
Throughout his preliminary run to a light-weight heavyweight title battle with present heavyweight champion, Jon Jones, Nebraska veteran, Smith landed notable wins over the likes of Hector Lombard, Rashad Evans, Shogun Rua, and Volkan Oezdemir.
UFC Combat Evening Kansas Metropolis takes place on April 26. from the T-Cell Heart in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, with an official headliner for the cardboard but to be decided on the time of publication.
